325 classic American cars parked in Colorado field up for auction
14.10.2022 - 14:11
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Towing and repair company owner Randy Milan has put his business to good work over the years … for himself. The Fort Collins, Colorado, man has spent the past half-century years amassing a collection of 325 cars in need of more than a little TLC. Among them are 285 Chevrolets, which his wife Deb told Fox News Digital is his favorite brand, including approximately 90 from just 1959 and 1960.
The cars are all farm and barn finds he came across over the years, with an eye on fixing them up one day. Randy Milan has been collecting run-down cars for a half-century. (VanDerBrink Auctions) He never sold any along the way and Deb said the cars have been tucked all over the place in storage and that at 68 he has decided he will never get around to working on most of them, so he has spent the past few months bringing them together in a field for one giant auction scheduled for Saturday, October 15.
Several Chevrolet El Caminos are in Milan's collection. (VanDerBrink Auctions) Hardly any of them run, and many do not have engines or even wheels, but there are plenty left for a very handy mechanic to bring back to life. The cars have been taking out of storage and brought to a single location for the auction.
(VanDerBrink Auctions) A few standouts have already attracted large online bids leading up to the on-site event. This 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible without a motor or transmission could be worth over $100,000 if fully restored. (VanDerBrink Auctions) A 1959 Chevrolet Impala without an engine or transmission and it pretty bad shape overall has been bid over $45,000 at the time this story was written, with fully restored versions of the car worth well over $100,000.
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